Word: grips
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Administration's prime hopes was that a surge of consumer buying would ignite spending by businessmen and lead to prosperity in 1972. Yet, while shoppers have been spending fairly well for months, businessmen continue to keep a tight grip on their money. Since sustained economic growth is all but impossible without a burst of corporate spending for inventories, modernization and plant expansion, the timid attitude is impeding a stronger, faster recovery. Why are businessmen not spending more-and when will they open...
...second-generation Abstract Expressionist like Pearlstein, Leslie turned to figure painting in the early '60s. His technique as a draftsman is formidable, sharing Pearlstein's plain speech and relentless grip. Your Kindness is an idiosyncratic companion piece to David's famous Death of Marat, with Leslie's wife Constance West dressed as Charlotte Corday and holding the letter that got her access to Marat's bathroom. It is an exhilarating picture, with its firm amplitude of shapes and stripes. Leslie thinks of his work in partly ethical terms. "I think," he reflects, "it was Balzac...
...suspense over his intentions with a speech in Philadelphia, thus formalizing the contest between the two 1968 Democratic running mates. In themselves, the declarations will have small effect on the relative positions of the candidates of either party; the President has a firm grip on the G.O.P., while Muskie remains the Democrats' No. 1 in the running with Humphrey a close No. 2. But the occasion offered a contrast in the styles and substance of the two leading Democrats...
...enforcing the letter, let alone the spirit, of civil rights laws." Blacks see Nixon, claimed Clifford Alexander Jr., former chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, as "actively against our goals." The National Urban League's Harold Sims charged that under Nixon "the nation is still in the grip of a not silent but selfish majority...
Heavy Going. Why then would Park choose a time of improving relations to heighten the climate of crisis? One reason seemed to be that the cohesiveness of the Park regime depends on a continuing external threat. Despite his victory this year, Park's grip is far from absolute. Two months ago he shut down ten colleges and universities in the face of student demonstrations (TIME...